Saturday, October 4, 2008

The Prodigal Returns

Hey, gang!Sorry about the long time between postings; everything has been crazy here (and continues to be).In the time since I last posted, I have:-passed a siSwati test-been sworn in as an official Peace Corps Volunteer-started to teach a test class in one of the local schools-continued investigating my community, with the help of the inimitable Mr.Dlamini. We have surveyed all but one of the NCPs (Neighborhood Care Point, a place where OVCs [Orphans and Vulnerable Children, people who have lost one or more parents to HIV or are otherwise in danger of being hungry] can go to get food and sometimes schooling)-eaten more goat-meat, with the hair on.-acquired furniture.-squashed a near-infinite number of ants (hateful creatures, won't eat my cooking, only my sugar.)-lamented that hand-washing is slowly wearing my t-shirts thin.-learned some siSwati-cursed my inability to learn siSwati